Freedom From Religion Foundation, National Atheist Group, To Expand Headquarters After Huge Growth

After seeing their paid membership ranks increase 130 percent in six years, organizers of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a national group of atheists and agnostics based in Madison, Wis., said Monday that they are set to begin a large-scale expansion of their headquarters.

Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the nearly 20,000-member group, told the Wisconsin State Journal that recent high-profile legal victories had increased the foundation's popularity and allowed them to consider an office addition that will quadruple its total square footage.

The construction project is slated to take a year, and the organization is hoping to raise $1.5 million to help fund it.

Officials with the FFRF are currently pressing forward with a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, claiming that the agency has failed to enforce a federal restriction banning partisan politicking by tax-exempt religious groups.